[wp-testers] "Categories"

[Gregory Wild-Smith]

Only one HTML file per folder? Hardly.

It's a grouping system. You group posts by category. Tags allow you 
finer control over that that doesn't require sub-categories (you can 
have the same tag across totally different categories).

Tags also were intended as a kind of meta information.

If people mis-apply categories or tags, that doesn't mean the system is 
broken. They aren't mutually exclusive either, they can complement each 
other perfectly.

I agree WP is making it easier to mis-apply them though. The comparison 
to Flickr makes sense if you include their sets - the sets are like 
categories. It is just that Flickr uses tags as a primary navigation, 
and sets as a second. WP is the other way around. That makes more sense 
for publishing, where you'll have a broad area you are writing about but 
other smaller details that still warrant some kind of mention.

"I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags."

That would be a complete an utter mis-labeling. They are two separate 
things.

-- Gregory Wild-Smith


Sean Hayford O'Leary wrote:
> I've been toying with this thought since 1.2, but it seems all the
> more relevant with 1.6/2.0.
>
> Categories aren't really categories anymore. Here's the thought: Each
> item fits into ONE category, just as an HTML file might fit into ONE
> folder (taxonomy).
> But in WP (especially with on-the-fly category additions), it's really
> more like tags (folksonomy).
>
> Look at Flickr's tags and look at the traditional directory/file
> taxonomy structure. In my opinion WP's categories far better resemble
> tags than taxonomy.
>
> Basic point: I feel that, especially with "tag" becoming a more widely
> used term, WP's admin ui should refer to categories as tags.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
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> Sean Hayford O'Leary
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